Dan Jacka will walk us through configuring the content types in a Plone site - controlling which are addable where, experimenting with sub-types, etc. Smart use of these features can greatly simplify how a content creator/editor works with a Plone site.

1. Making the Most of Plone's Content Types
Making the Most of Plone's Content Types
Dan Jacka
Signify Ltd.
28 April 2010

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What we'll cover
What we'll cover
Plone content type basics
Restricting which types can be added
Content type portlets
Leveraging existing types
The future of Plone's content types

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Basics
Basics

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Basics
A fresh site

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Basics
Site tree

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Basics
Addable types

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Basics
Content to add
Some news
Some events
Ploneboard forum
PloneFormGen form

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Basics
An fuller site tree

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Basics
Looking like a real site now!
All the simple types
. . . plus Collections, ands its criteria types,
. . . plus the specialist types e.g. News, Event,
. . . plus PloneFormGen types e.g. Form Folder, Checkbox,
Fieldset, etc.
. . . plus Ploneboard types e.g. Forum, Conversation,
Comment, etc.

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Restricting which types can be added
Restricting which types can be added
Per folder
Per folder type
Globally

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Restricting which types can be added
per folder (in the Add Menu)

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Restricting which types can be added
per folder type (in portal_types)

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Restricting which types can be added
globally (in portal_types)

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Restricting which types can be added
Restricting which types can be added
Helps to manage complexity
Used by default in News and Events
Useful for common uploads directory
Per type for custom content types
Globally for one-o features

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Content type portlets
Content type portlets

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Content type portlets
What does this button do?

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Content type portlets
Type settings

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Content type portlets
Page type settings

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Content type portlets
An example content type portlet

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Content type portlets
Content type portlets
The lesser-spotted portlet type
Static `help' portlet for complex types
Custom types can build on this feature

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Leveraging existing types
Leveraging existing types

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Leveraging existing types
collective.owplayer

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Leveraging existing types
collective.owplayer

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Leveraging existing types
Leveraging existing types
Build smart functionality around the existing types
Plone core moving to plone.folder
For developers: archetypes.schemaextender

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And nally . . .
And nally . . . Dexterity
Build content types through-the-web
. . . but with the full power of lesystem code
Lighter than Archetypes
version 1.0 beta 1 out now.

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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And nally . . .
Dexterity

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Summary
Summary
Restricting types - helps control and organise your site
Content type portlets - don't neglect them!
Choose (and develop) products that add functionality to
existing types
Try Dexterity